I can’t believe it’s the last week already. This entire summer has felt like a weird dream. The fact that I was able to form so many new relationships while also learning more than I could have imagined in getting to conduct research. Our final posters were due Tuesday for a final review and printing. I can’t say that I wasn’t glad to finally be done making final little tweaks and edits to the poster; that final press of the send button ushering in a wave of relief. However, right after, I was already sad, as this poster was the culmination of this summer’s work, so with its completion, the realization that I wouldn’t be in Oregon in a week was a sad shock of reality. I found myself becoming conscious of the fleeting moments, from my last time sorting eggs, to locking up the lab for the last time. By the end of the week, I had processed leaving and how thankful I was for all of the different experiences I had this summer. Presenting my poster was a great experience, and a lot less intimidating than previously anticipated. All of the mentors, Richard specifically, always emphasizes that you are the one who knows your project the best. But I don’t think it is until this moment, actually explaining your formalized research, that this statement actually makes sense, at least for me. It’s primarily from the stress of research and actively putting the poster together, but this same thing that makes the poster session so easy. I’m so glad we had several opportunities to get critiques and edit throughout the poster making process. I think they definitely contributed to how smoothly things went. I’ve added some pictures of little things I saw this week . I’ve also added a picture of my poster, I did spend numerous hours on it (and I think it’s not too bad lol). Well, I guess that’s a wrap on the summer. Thank you, George for mentoring me and Maureen for helping me out with everything.
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